Legal Insights & Defense Strategies
Stay informed and empowered with expert legal insights from Sallinger / Melancon Defense Attorneys. Our insights page features the latest updates on criminal defense strategies and case law developments to help you better understand your rights. Whether you’re looking for guidance on legal matters or want to stay ahead of changes in criminal law, our attorneys provide in-depth analysis and practical knowledge. Explore our latest articles below.
No Refusal and Forced Blood Extraction
Certain parishes institute a “no refusal” program. Under these programs, an individual who “refuses” to voluntarily submit to a breath test will be served...
All that and a bag of chips….
Doritos might have crashed out of the Super Bowl after a decade of fun ads, but Frito-Lay still has a few party tricks up...
SCOOTERING WHILE INTOXICATED- COMING SOON TO A POLICE STATION NEAR YOU.
A Los Angeles man has been fined $550 and ordered to pay restitution for riding an electric scooter while intoxicated and knocking over a...
Get Some Sleep!
What can you do to prepare for safe holiday road trips this year? Try getting the recommended seven to eight hours of sleep each...
Can The Police Search Your Cell Phone When They Arrest You?
No, according to two recent Supreme Court decisions – Riley v. California and U.S. v. Wurie. In a companion ruling, the Supreme Court, Chief...
CHECKPOINTS: What’s The Big Deal?
Sobriety checkpoints scare the life out of you? Make you change your weekend plans? Make you feel like you are a target? Little need...
WHEN CAN I GET OUT OF JAIL?
If you have been arrested for a criminal offense in Louisiana, your first thought will likely be getting out of jail. Every case is...
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
Calling social media “the next frontier in the developing law of the service of process over the internet,” a New York judge has allowed...
Welcome To The New Site
Welcome to the new site. If you got tired of looking at lawyer’s websites which gave appearance of being stuffy and disconnected, I have...
Discretion: The Courtroom’s Unseen Force
I call it the Big “D”. The magic word that is possessed by those who control your destiny when you end up being charged...